108 THE FARMER 1 S MANUAL, 



to show you ycrur dependence upon God, the authoi 

 of nature, of nature-s laws, and of nature's works ; 

 to teach you such humility as will necessarily result 

 from these conclusions, that although you can plough 

 and plant, sow and reap, yet of yourselves, you can- 

 not produce one spire of grass, or explain how it is 

 produced ; you cannot effect the formation of one 

 shower, or explain its effects upon the vegetable 

 world ; this should teach you love to God, and bene- 

 volence to men ; freely you have received, freely 

 give. From the vast store-house of nature, your 

 cup overflows with her richest blessings ; it becomes 

 your duty to use them without abusing them. Select 

 a full share of the best for your own comforts ; impart 

 in fair market, for the support of the community, 

 such as the consumption demands, and the reasonable 

 support of your revenue requires ; and, with the re- 

 mainder, be liberal to the virtuous and industrious 

 poor. The se are plain practical duties ; but sources 

 of incalculable satisfaction and enjoyment. 



In my remarks under September, the care of your 

 orchard was noticed ; let me call your attention to an 

 important article of this valuable and productive 

 part of good farming. Select some convenient part 

 of your garden, or field, contiguous to your house ; 

 plough it early in this month ; harrow and strike it out 

 with your plough into rows four feet asunder ; strew 

 these furrows with pumice from your cider-mill, (se- 

 lect the pumice from such fruit as you would wish to 

 cultivate,) and cover it lightly with the plough ; keep 

 down the weeds for 2 or 3 succeeding years/ until 

 your trees have acquired the height of 3 or 4 feet ; 

 thin out and transplant, at the same time, leaving the 

 trees in your rows 6, 8, or 10 inches asunder. At 

 this stage of your nursery, (2 or 3 years growth,) you 

 may propagate such fruit*as you may choose, by bud- 

 ding, (a mode more safe and expeditious than graft- 

 ing,) without checking the growth of your tree.-. 

 For particulars on budding and grafting, see Garden- 



